Dasyatis rafinesquei Kumar and Loyal 1987 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Full reference: K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal. 1987. Eocene ichthyofauna from the Subathu Formation, Northwestern Himalaya, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 32:60-84

Belongs to Dasyatis according to K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal 1987

Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis centroura, Dasyatis charlisae, Dasyatis concavifoveus, Dasyatis datasi, Dasyatis davisi, Dasyatis duponti, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hastata, Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis jaekeli, Dasyatis margaritella, Dasyatis martini, Dasyatis molassicus, Dasyatis molinoensis, Dasyatis northdakotaensis, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis ponsi, Dasyatis probsti, Dasyatis rugosa, Dasyatis russelli, Dasyatis say, Dasyatis schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis speetonensis, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon muricatus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon rugosus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon dux, Trygon zignii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Muddy Boots Locality, which is in a Ypresian marine limestone in the Subathu Formation of India

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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